In 2011, one of the participants at HGG9 (the 9th Harp Guitar Gathering) was Michael Lohr, who had come all the way from Germany. He had gotten the bug after seeing Stephen Bennett and soon bought one of the China Holloways, which he brought with him. He fit our group like a glove, had a […]

Sadly, my heart was just not into NAMM this year, as we lost our eldest dog Auggie last Sunday (Facebook friends, thanks for your sympathies). But I needed an excuse to get out of the house, and had a business meeting with the team building the new Timberline harp guitars, so made the trek. It […]

Here’s a second look at the last Harp Guitar Gathering – #15, which I hosted and will post about myself one day! Technically, it was hosted by The Museum of Making Music…and organized and run mostly by my wife, Jaci. But I make a great figurehead. This experience (presented in PDF form below) was written […]

Attendees at October’s Harp Guitar Gathering were treated to (among other things) a recent acquisition of mine – a beautiful 1932 Galimberti harp guitar, one of only two known by this maker. No sooner did I get it safely back home than I received one of those emails I described in my emotional closing night […]

Since the “K” is pronounced, my title didn’t end up the clever alliterative heading I had hoped. Nor is it in reference to the nearly hundred Knutsen instruments I have yet to add to the Archives. Instead, these are some brand-new ephemera discoveries, a particular passion of mine. None have yet appeared on the site. […]

A young physics student at Cambridge in the U.K. just sent me his rather intense paper on plucked string physics – specifically, frequency response of guitars and harps. As the study included a nylon strung Celtic harp and classical guitar, he thought it would be interesting to also include a hollow arm harp guitar that […]

As much as I’d love to do my weekly photo blog series to capture the epic 15th Anniversary Harp Guitar Gathering Jaci and I hosted this year, I’m leaving that for others for now. We start with this epic guest blog from a first timer to the Gathering, and only a second timer to the […]

Hey all – I’m way behind, and before I forget, wanted to share this recent crop of books that may interest you. Some harp guitar-related, lots of mandolin info and other esoteric stuff. All are labors of love – meaning, these folks who I am proud to call friends and colleagues just want to share […]